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PRISON BOARD WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
Minute No. 7-P-12
Washington County Prison Board
Washington, PA, July 18, 2012
The meeting of the Washington County Prison Board was held in the 7tn floor conference room of
Courthouse Square, Washington, Pennsylvania, with the following members being present: Commissioners
Larry Maggi, Diana Irey Vaughan and Harlan Shober; Controller Michael Namie; Sheriff Sam Romano; and
District Attorney Eugene Vittone. Also present: Warden Joe Pelzer; Solicitor Mary Lyn Drewitz; Director of
Administration Scott Fergus; Chief Clerk Mary Helicke; Administrative Assistant Joyce Thornburg; Human
Resources Director Chuck Nicholls; Observer -Reporter representative Barbara Miller; and WJPA
representative Jim Jefferson. .
Chairman Maggi called the meeting to order at approximately 11:30 a.m.
Chairman Maggi asked if there were any corrections, additions or omissions to Minute No. 6-P-12, each
member having received a copy.
It was moved by Mr. Namie and seconded by Mrs. Irey Vaughan that Minute No. 6-P-12 be approved as
written. The motion was carried unanimously, with the Board signifying their approval by stating "Aye".
Chairman Maggi introduced Vickie Sirockman, who is conducting research on incarcerated women for
Duquesne University.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
None
WARDEN'S REPORT
Warden Pelzer presented the following information to the Board:
Income from other units for the maintenance of prisoners for Tune 2012,
Administrative Fee $3,406.43
Social Security 1,200.00
Monthly Sub Total $4.606.43
Year-to-date Grand Total $21,727.27
Program Fees and Room and Board Income for the Month of Tune 2012. •
Billed Collected
Work Release $12,633.00 $12,420.00
Weekenders 1,920.00 1,920.00
Turned over to Clerk of Courts (minus) -0-
Adjustments made to billings (minus) -0-
Monthly Sub Total $14,533.00 $14,340.00
Year-to-date Grand Total $91,969.10 $91,751.10
Status of orisoners confined at the end of Tune 2012
Males
Females
Total
Full time
57
10
67
Work release
32
3
35
Weekend prisoners
9
1
10
Unsentenced prisoners awaiting sentencing and/or trial
169
448
217
Total Prisoners
267
62
329
Males
Females
Total
Examinations performed by the physician
38
29
67
New commitments
16
Repeat patients
51
Medical Transports performed by the Sheriff
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It was moved by Mrs. Irey Vaughan and seconded by Mr. Namie to accept the Warden's Report as per
above. The motion was carried unanimously, with the Board signifying their approval by stating 'Aye".
BILLS
Controller Namie presented to the Board for their consideration and approval the bills dated
July 18, 2012, in the amount of $55,750.67.
It was moved by Mr. Namie and seconded by Mr. Shober to approve the bills dated July 18, 2012. The
motion carried unanimously, with the Board signifying their approval by stating "Aye". (See list of bills
attached hereto and made apart hereof.)
OLD BUSINESS
None
NEW BUSINESS
Warden Pelzer is working with Solicitor Mary Lyn Drewitz on a rough draft of a policy for funding the
correctional facility's GED program. They will present a rough draft policy to Mr. Fergus and Mr. Fergus will
present the policy to the members of the Board for their review.
Warden Pelzer reported that the Prison Rape Elimination Act was finalized by the Federal Registry of
the Department of Justice on June 20, 2012 and the Act will need to be reviewed to ensure the correctional
facility is in accordance with federal standards. Mrs. Irey Vaughan stated that the policy and procedures of the
correctional facility will need to be reviewed and changes, if any, will need to be made. Warden Pelzer
commented that the correctional facility's policies and procedures are about 90% compliant. According to the
guideline, the correctional facility will be audited in August 2013, for 2012; therefore, revisions to the
correctional facilities policies and procedures will need to be implemented beforehand.
Solicitor Drewitz commented that it would be appropriate to use the prisoner welfare fund to fund the
GED program. The matter was reviewed and it was determined that this would be an appropriate use of the
money. The State Board of Corrections agreed that there would be no audit issue and that this would be a
legitimate and worthwhile use of the money. The policy is being fine-tuned and she wants the Controller to
approve the process of the handling of funds before the policy is approved.
There being no further business, Chairman Maggi declared the meeting adjourned at approximately
11:45 a.m.
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